Fertility Awareness Project

Niswa is a bilingual, multimedia platform that advocates for body literacy, assessing women in achieving their reproductive goals naturally, and empowering them to make informed choices regarding their health and the environment. Zainab Alradhi is a proud owner of a menstrual cup and a fertility awareness educator through. She holds a B.S. in Health Sciences from the University of Michigan, concentrating on environmental health and safety, identification of hazardous materials in workplace, and preventative methods and exposures. Current offering: 1:1 Body Chats session found here Where to find Niswa: Website: Niswa.org / IG: @Niswaorg Loving the podcast? rate + review the pod on Apple Podcasts subscribe to the show on your fave podcast app show a friend how to subscribe Connect with us! Megan McNamara: Instagram @FAMtasticfertility https://www.instagram.com/famtasticfertility/ Youtube: FAMtastic Fertility Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/famtasticfertility Natalie Daudet: Instagram @fertilityawarenessproject https://www.instagram.com/fertilityawarenessproject/ Website: https://fertilityawarenessproject.ca/ Did you know you can become a direct supporter of Body Literacy Babes? Your support of this podcast via a small monthly donation helps sustain future episodes. Head over to our support page to get started. ( https://anchor.fm/bodyliteracybabes/support ) We're deeply grateful for your support and it allows us to continue this work - thank you! We want to hear from you! Email your stories to [email protected] and please include "listener story" + your topic in the subject line so we can search for them more easily. Boundary: we cannot offer specific charting advice to those who are not our clients. Thank you! body literacy, for everyone, forever

Loving the podcast? rate + review the pod on Apple Podcasts subscribe to the show on your fave podcast app show a friend how to subscribe Connect with us! Megan McNamara: Instagram @FAMtasticfertility Youtube: FAMtastic Fertility Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/famtasticfertility Natalie Daudet: Instagram @fertilityawarenessproject Website: https://fertilityawarenessproject.ca/ Did you know you can become a direct supporter of Body Literacy Babes? Your support of this podcast via a small monthly donation helps sustain future episodes. Head over to our support page to get started. ( https://anchor.fm/bodyliteracybabes/support ) We're deeply grateful for your support and it allows us to continue this work - thank you! We want to hear from you! Email your stories to [email protected] and please include "listener story" + your topic in the subject line so we can search for them more easily. Boundary: we cannot offer specific charting advice to those who are not our clients. Thank you! body literacy, for everyone, forever -- Carolina Saldarriaga is from Colombia and has lived in Boquete, Panama since 2015. She studied Political Science and Journalism and always dreamed of working towards improving women and girl’s lives. She is now a Fertility Awareness Instructor, certified by FEMM, and is currently training to be a Fertility Support Specialist with Bebo Mia. She teaches the Sympto-thermal method online to women and couples of all kinds who are looking for an effective, modern, and natural way of preventing or achieving pregnancy while they dig deep into the wonders and magic of their menstrual cycle and understand its importance in their general health and wellbeing. Want to work with Carolina? Learn more: Sign up for her online learning group waitlist (next round in September 2020) www.tusreglas.com Instagram @sontusreglas -- Sintotermicas en Red (SER) is a network created by seven certified FABM instructors from Latin America with the common purpose of making Fertility Awareness more readily available in Spanish, connecting students with qualified instructors and promoting FAM as reliable, modern birth control option and a unique tool for body literacy and health advocacy. https://www.sintotermicasenred.com/ Instagram @sintotermicasenred Facebook @sintotermicasenred

Nat chats with Megan about her long and tumultuous relationship with irregular cycles, some of the tools she's used and changes she's implemented to manage PCOS, and how to stay sane when charting and things aren't going quite as you'd like them to! @thePcosbible @thewomensdietitian @ambrosiastable @foodpeacedietitian @drfionand If you're wanting to use FAM but you have PCOS and delayed ovulation, you may find it helpful to work with a Billing's Instructor. Loving the podcast? rate + review the pod on Apple Podcasts subscribe to the show on your fave podcast app show a friend how to subscribe Connect with us! Megan McNamara: Instagram @FAMtasticfertility https://www.instagram.com/famtasticfertility/ Youtube: FAMtastic Fertility Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/famtasticfertility Nathalie Daudet: Instagram @fertilityawarenessproject https://www.instagram.com/fertilityawarenessproject/ Website: https://fertilityawarenessproject.ca/ Become a direct supporter of Body Literacy Babes: Your support of this podcast via a small monthly donation helps sustain future episodes. Head over to our support page to get started. ( https://anchor.fm/bodyliteracybabes/support ) We're deeply grateful for your support and it allows us to continue this work - thank you! We want to hear from you! Email your stories to [email protected] and please include "listener story" + your topic in the subject line so we can search for them more easily. Boundary: we cannot offer specific charting advice to those who are not our clients. Thank you! body literacy, for everyone, forever

Find Arin's work at @onascollaborative and @moonli.x! Loving the podcast? rate + review the pod on Apple Podcasts subscribe to the show on your fave podcast app show a friend how to subscribe Connect with us! Megan McNamara: Instagram @FAMtasticfertility https://www.instagram.com/famtasticfertility/ Youtube: FAMtastic Fertility Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/famtasticfertility Nathalie Daudet: Instagram @fertilityawarenessproject https://www.instagram.com/fertilityawarenessproject/ Website: https://fertilityawarenessproject.ca/ Become a direct supporter of Body Literacy Babes: Your support of this podcast via a small monthly donation helps sustain future episodes. Head over to our support page to get started. ( https://anchor.fm/bodyliteracybabes/support ) We're deeply grateful for your support and it allows us to continue this work - thank you! We want to hear from you! Email your stories to [email protected] and please include "listener story" + your topic in the subject line so we can search for them more easily. Boundary: we cannot offer specific charting advice to those who are not our clients. Thank you! body literacy, for everyone, forever

Content warning: this episode may be triggering for Black womxn + BIPOC due to discussion of medical racism toward ensalved Black womxn and other factors. -- Loving the podcast? Please... rate + review the pod on Apple Podcasts subscribe to the show on your fave podcast app show a friend how to subscribe Connect with us! Megan McNamara Instagram @FAMtasticfertility https://www.instagram.com/famtasticfertility/ Youtube: FAMtastic Fertility Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/famtasticfertility Natalie Daudet Instagram @fertilityawarenessproject https://www.instagram.com/fertilityawarenessproject/ Website: https://fertilityawarenessproject.ca/ Did you know you can become a direct supporter of Body Literacy Babes? Your support of this podcast via a small monthly donation helps sustain future episodes. Head over to our support page to get started. ( https://anchor.fm/bodyliteracybabes/support ) We're deeply grateful for your support and it allows us to continue this work - thank you! We want to hear from you! Email your stories to [email protected] and please include "listener story" + your topic in the subject line so we can search for them more easily. Boundary: we cannot offer specific charting advice to those who are not our clients. Thank you! body literacy, for everyone, forever -- Books (please purchase from a Black-owned / local bookstore) Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology, 1st Edition by Deirdre Cooper Owens Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty Paperback by Dorothy Roberts Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad Podcasts Fertility Friday | Lisa Hendrickson-Jack That's Not How That Works | Trudi Lebron + Louiza “Weeze” Doran Pelvic / Vaginal Steaming Instagram @steamychick | Keli Garza | https://www.steamychick.com/ The Fourth Trimester Vaginal Steam Study https://www.steamychick.com/4thtristudy/ More resources: Anti-racist: those who speak and act in ways that advance racial equity in society; the act of interrupting racism. @colorofchange @rachel.cargle @thegreatunlearn @danielleleslie @wombliteracy @wearehappyperiod @periodequity @niswaorg @sontusreglas @selfcarephysio @thekindredfeminine @lovelandfoundation @moonli.woman @moonmedicines